Chapter 400: Malachite

The arrow collided with the shield and made a thumping sound, striking out flames.

However, the shield was not foolproof in blocking the arrow, and a sharp arrow crossed the gap and hit the head of a vanguard, and immediately blood spurted wildly, and he fell straight down.

The face of the military department on the top of the mountain was green, and a hundred vanguard archers, fighting against ten people, not only did not shoot a single person, but with the blessing of a shield, they also let the other party kill one of themselves?

It's too much!

He was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and his old face was flushed.

"Kill them. Kill! ”

Woohoo!

and a hundred sharp arrows, shot forward.

I have to admit that the Iron Cavalry Wolf Army is indeed powerful, originally walking in a serpentine shape, but suddenly it became a straight line, jumping out of the distance of the arrow's landing range, but the Iron Wolf Army, which was ranked first, was still pierced through the arm by a sharp arrow.

The Iron Wolf Army gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and after leading the others to run wildly towards the hillside where the Wei army was stationed, he returned to the camp.

During this period, they fired a total of five arrows, and the vanguard fired more than ten times, and the casualties were five killed and two wounded. Only two of the Iron Wolves were wounded.

Who is strong and who is weak, the superior and the inferior have an immediate opinion.

However, after walking in a circle, the ten people did not find any loopholes in the layout of the vanguard army, the big bow and defense were very rigorous, and they were not opponents at all if they rushed hard.

The Turkic general said hatefully: "Withdraw!" ”

This order made the rest of the Iron Wolf Army very unwilling.

"General, let's kill it, we have 10,000 people, and we may not be able to kill it."

"Shut up." The general yelled.

The Iron Wolf Army was the main battle force of the Turks, with a total of only 15,000 troops, and he was unwilling to suffer any damage no matter what.

The adjutant general's words just now undoubtedly reminded him, coupled with the tentative situation of ten people, if he wants to attack and kill, unless he is patient, it will take a few days to attack slowly, but let alone a few days, he is unwilling to do it for half a day.

In case the Wei army arrives later and joins the vanguard army, the 10,000 Iron Wolf Monarchs will definitely die, and the Turks will not be able to withstand this kind of blow.

When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic, so withdrawal is the best plan.

Although most of the Iron Wolf Army was dissatisfied, the general's orders had to be obeyed.

After a while, the 10,000 Iron Wolf Monarchs turned their horses' heads and retreated together.

This ambush was obviously anticlimactic, except for the wounded three iron wolf troops, only to be trampled to the flat grass. Other than that, nothing seems to have happened.

Seeing the people retreating, the military department Shangshu regretted it, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, this Turkic army is undoubtedly the elite of the elite, fortunately, His Majesty is smart, and he learned through the Harrier Eagle that there will be an ambush, otherwise, the vanguard army will be wiped out in a short time.

It's a pity that they didn't poke their sharpness, didn't make contributions, and didn't show one side, and being a servant is far away!

Thinking of the awesome riding skills of the ten Iron Wolf Army, the military department was still afraid, thinking that if he left the hillside and went down to fight them, would the same number really be able to fight?

Li Xingchen sat as steady as Mount Tai and didn't say a word, which was also what he was thinking.

If there are no advanced weapons, it will really not be beneficial to go head-to-head with the Turks.

It is worthy of the steppe army, and the nation immediately.

Not long after the Iron Wolf Army left, the Wei army in the rear who received the news arrived together, and at this time the people had already left, and when they heard the description of the military department's Shangshu, they glanced at the Wei army that died under the arrows of the Iron Wolf Army, and several generals were shocked.

Li Xingchen thought about it all night, and decided not to retreat, and used the artillery cart and the Iron Wolf Army to have a hard time.

The next day, after discussing countermeasures with the military department Shangshu and a group of generals, the 50,000-strong army was divided into several groups and raided the Turks.

The Turkic general attacked the vanguard to no avail, and originally thought that if it was forgotten, the other party also saw the strength of the Iron Wolf Army, which was considered a shock, and Li Xingchen should lead people to leave the Turks in disgrace.

After that, he trained tens of thousands of iron wolf troops, and when the soldiers were strong, he would unite with other countries to take revenge on Great Wei.

As a result, he thought too much, and Li Xingchen didn't plan to leave at all. It's still the same thing, it's all here, and it's not his character to go home empty-handed.

In the end, 50,000 soldiers and 5,000 vanguard troops, with the help of 100 artillery carriages, black blades, Luban even bows and crossbows and other advanced weapons, killed 15,000 iron wolf troops in the main Turkic city, and captured 50,000 ordinary Turkic troops.

This act made the Turkic Khan spew out old blood and became seriously ill in bed.

Li Xingchen released his words, and without compensating for this loss, he killed all the prisoners and looted all the materials in the city.

They clearly came to the Turks to borrow a way, but they were ambushed by the Iron Wolf Army, biting this point to blackmail.

In desperation, the Turkic Khan agreed to the treaty and compensated for money, and the matter was stopped.

You must know that there is a huge difference in strength between the two sides.

Except for the Iron Wolf Army, ordinary soldiers all dismounted for the people and mounted for the army, which was incomparable with the Wei army.

In addition, the weapons are also different, and the weapons of the Wei army are one day and one place, and the Turks have no advantage at all.

It was more difficult for the Wei army to kill the Iron Wolf Army in the early stage, and killing other Turkic soldiers was like playing, easily beating the other party until it collapsed.

The Wei army who participated in the battle, Li Xingchen gave rewards, one person and 100 cans of copper coins, such a high treatment made the Wei army shout long live, and follow the emperor to have meat to eat.

Li Xingchen also once again realized the benefits of war, and accumulating wealth is the fastest.

After staying in the main city for three days, when a large army was about to return to Great Wei, a Wei soldier hurriedly came to report.

"Your Majesty, look at this."

Li Xingchen lowered his eyes and looked at the brown stone in the soldier's hand, "What? ”

"It was found in the tent of the Turkic prince."

"The Turkic Prince?"

Li Xingchen thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that last night the thief was not dead, and wanted to bring a few Turkic soldiers over to assassinate, but he was killed by his own backhand.

"What's the use of that?"

"Your Majesty, my subordinate's father worked as a laborer, so my subordinate knows that this kind of stone, called malachite, is made of copper. But where there is malachite, there must be copper. ”

Li Xingchen's pupils shrank.

As a traverser, he knows too well that copper is synonymous with money in Huaxia.

Since the Han Dynasty, China has suffered from a lack of copper.

In order to solve this problem, the rulers at that time racked their brains to think of a way, prohibiting the people from using copper to make other things, and the imperial court could only make copper coins.

Later, the Song Dynasty issued flying banknotes to solve the problem of lack of copper, but this did not fundamentally solve the money shortage, until the Ming and Qing dynasties after a large inflow of silver, and silver was gradually used as the common currency, and the money shortage was alleviated.

However, in the Great Wei Dynasty, Li Xingchen had already invented the paper money of later generations in advance, and used the war to obtain a large amount of gold and silver to prepare for the future international currency.

However, the cost of making coins was too high, and the Institute of Technology and the Ministry of Industry have not solved the problem of reducing costs until now, making it impossible to print banknotes in large quantities.